Grants for wildlife sanctuaries

Name: Top 25 grants made to wildlife sanctuaries and refuges
Creator: Cause IQ
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294 wildlife sanctuaries and refuges received at least $1.3 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 847 grants made from 596 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 596 foundations, 82% made just a single grant to wildlife sactuaries, and 3% made grants to four or more wildlife sactuaries. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$1,337,649

Total grant dollars given to wildlife sanctuaries

847

Number of grants made annually to wildlife sanctuaries

596

Number of grantmakers funding wildlife sanctuaries

$1,000

Median grant size to wildlife sanctuaries

Foundations that support wildlife sanctuaries and refuges

Out of all grants made to wildlife sanctuaries, 81% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 12% of the dollar-value of grants to wildlife sactuaries. Foundations funding wildlife sactuaries also made grants to animal shelters, wildlife protection organizations, food banks, water and wetland protection organizations, and environmental education programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	483
Medium	60
Large	53

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	15
Private	522
Corporate	40
Other	19

Grants made

Grants made to wildlife sactuaries	Number of grantmakers
1	493
2-3	81
4-10	15
11+	7

Top 10 foundations supporting wildlife sanctuaries and refuges

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to wildlife sactuaries	Number of grants made to wildlife sactuaries	Median grant size
Community Foundation of Collier County	FL	National	0.1%	15	$1,250
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	15	$500
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	14	$400
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	12	$391
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	12	$100
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	12	$20
Baxter	IL	National	0.0%	12	$25
Wildlife Support Charitable Trust	NJ	Regional	36.0%	8	$5,000
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	8	$1,000
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.1%	8	$500

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Wildlife sanctuaries and refuges grantees

Wildlife sanctuaries with more than $5 million in total revenues received 23% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 27% of all wildlife sactuaries.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	847
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$755

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	178
Florida	111
District of Columbia	98
Colorado	60
Other	400

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Washington DC	120
San Francisco	63
Naples	42
Los Angeles	34
Other	501

Top 25 grants made to wildlife sanctuaries

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
California Wildlife Center (CWC)	$5,000	Environment and Animals	Santa Barbara Foundation
Sea Turtle Preservation Society	$5,000	General Operations	Hastings Community Foundation
The Marine Mammal Center	$5,000	Charitable Contribution Through the Matching Gifts Program	Annie E Casey Foundation (AECF)
Backcountry Hunters and Anglers	$5,000	Operating Expenses	The Albany Foundation
Blue Ridge Wildlife Center	$5,000	General Support	Monomoy Fund
St Francis Wildlife Association	$5,000	General Support	Appreciation of Earth and Animal Foundation
The Wilds	$5,000	Conservation	The Columbus Foundation
Walden's Puddle	$5,000	Animals	Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)
Sky Dog Sanctuary	$5,000	Charitable Purposes	Mitchell D Phaiah Foundation
American Wildlife Foundation	$5,000	General Operating	Wildlife Support Charitable Trust
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center	$5,000	General Operating	Wildlife Support Charitable Trust
Juneau Raptor Center	$5,000	General Operating	Wildlife Support Charitable Trust
Badger Run Wildlife Rehab	$5,000	General Operating	Wildlife Support Charitable Trust
Blue Mountain Wildlife	$5,000	General Operating	Wildlife Support Charitable Trust
West Sound Wildlife Shelter	$5,000	General Operating	Wildlife Support Charitable Trust
Snowdon Wildlife Sanctuary	$5,000	General Operating	Wildlife Support Charitable Trust
Pawsitivity Catlink	$5,000	General Operating	Wildlife Support Charitable Trust
Born Free USA united with API	$5,000	Support for Animals	Ahimsa Foundation
Animals for Education Critter Creek Wildlife Station	$5,000	Build Raptor Flight Cage	Thornton S. Glide Jr. and Katrina D. Glide Foundation
Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue	$5,000	General Charitable Purposes	Farley Family Charitable Foundation
Castleton Ranch Horse Rescue	$5,000	Program Support	The Henry Foundation
Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival	$5,000	Support Local Fundraiser That Provides High School Scholarships	Cheniere Foundation
Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge	$5,000	For Greatest Need Program	MKM Foundation
Raptors of the Rockies	$5,000	Unrestricted	Baldwin Management
Wild Tomorrow Fund	$5,000	General	Fisher Brothers Foundation % Fisher Brothers

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Wildlife sanctuaries" category for this page is determined by the "D34: Wildlife Sanctuary, Refuge" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.